Obviously as an Englishman it seems natural that some of your heroes Sharpe, Derfel. Arthur etc hail from our green and pleasant land. I am interested however in how you "choose" your heros. Particularly - why make Starbuck a rebel? and suppose you were to write about the English Civil War - would our hero be a cavalier or parliamentarian? Nolan Salmon
Why is Starbuck a rebel? Because that's the more interesting side to me - and because it introduces a certain moral complexity to his tale.